The Deep Shadow Within

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Spoiler! When Sora doesn't break the mind connection with Roxas, whatever happens physically to Sora happens to Roxas. And vice versa.

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Chapter Eleven: Chain of Events

~Riku~

"..." Sora seemed stunned, not expecting I'd still be here, and not looking for him. Lucky me. "Listen Sora, please tell me-"

"NO! You have Kairi! You can go bitching back to her for all I care! I put all ounces of my trust into you! But you hid everything from me!"

Sora broke into uncontrollable sobbing fits, and Roxas winced as he clutched his forehead. Aerith and Yuffie stared at me in shock. Y-you saw the engagement-?" I stuttered.

"Oh, so you've never noticed? Of course, you had everything for Kairi. We barely even talk when she's around!" Sora sobbed. I died a little inside. Ok, maybe a lot more than a little. "I loved you so much Riku. Just go back to Kairi for all I care!"

"You loved ME!?" I screamed. My heart was pounding, and my mind was busy processing the wave of emotions that were invading it.

"No! Sora! Don't!" Roxas screamed at himself. "Goodbye Riku. I love you." Sora whispered. Silence.

"Did he break the connection?" I asked quietly. Roxas shook his head and whispered, "I don't know. If he didn't, and started using that power of darkness, I would be with him too."

He waited a moment, to make sure if Sora wasn't there.

More silence. Roxas pounded his fist on the coffee table beside him, which shattered and broke. "I can't believe he would-!"

Roxas clutched his chest, and fell to his knees. I heard Axel barking from the kitchen.

"Roxas! Help me Aerith!" I shouted. Aerith and I grabbed both of Roxas arms, and pulled him on the couch. Yuffie shouted orders at Axel to tell her where the medicine was. This was entertaining in a way.

Roxas took shaky breaths, sweat beads forming on his forehead. He screamed in complete agony, his wails echoing throughout the house. No doubt Axel heard it.

"Roxas! Stay calm!" Aerith said, rubbing a wet cloth on the blondes forehead. He writhed in pain, lurching forwards to sit upright.

He clawed at his skin, slowly fading to a darker shade. "NO!" I gasped. Not Roxas too! He was the closet person we had to finding Sora!

His eye color faded; from a nice ocean blue to a sickening green, then a moonlit yellow. He had almost feral like canines replacing his other ones, and his fingers were long and seemed as sharp as a dagger.

"Sora... no..." he gasped. He stopped wailing and stared at the ceiling.

"AXEL! STAY PUT!" we heard Yuffie growl at Axel, who actually managed to take that leash off. I wonder why, he seemed to love it so much.

Roxas lay unconscious on the couch. "Oh my, this one has a fever." Aerith stuck her hand in her pouch and dug out a small potion.

She parted Roxas's lips and poured the liquid slowly into his mouth.

I wonder what Leon has been up to.

~Leon~

"CLOUD!" I yelled. I cupped my hands to my mouth and shouted louder, "CLOOOUUD!" My shouts echoed deeper into the tunnel. Surely the bitch must've heard me now.

I kept on walking; it seemed as if this sewer tunnel was endless. I saw a tall figure shift uncomfortably in front of me. I froze to the spot.

Big yellow eyes stared back up at me. A heartless. "You... look... for Cloud... or Sora?" It said. I caught the words Cloud and Sora.

"Well, right now I;m looking for Cloud, but I'm supposed to find Sora." It nodded it's head, and I noticed a strip of cloth wrapped around it's wrist.

"Um... do you have a name?" I asked. I immediately regretted asking this. I mentally face palmed myself. "Akumu." It answered. Nightmare.

I nodded and asked it, "I'm looking for Cloud. Can you take me to him?"

Akumu nodded, the neoshadow's head bobbing up and down.

It grabbed my hand, and I shivered. The cold touch of darkness nipping my skin.

Akumu dragged me deeper into the tunnel.

~Cloud~

Xemnas looked at me and said, "Ah, you must be the one who was looking for Sora."

"Well, Sora was trying to get away from you." I spat. He looked surprised. I was handcuffed in some prison cell, so abnormally white and large. But if I could uncuff myself, let the choirs sing and the angels fly!

The humongous freaking door was right in front of me!

He smiled, a curling the edges of his lips. "So you do know Sora. Do you know where he is?"

I shifted uncomfortably. "Even if I did, why would I tell you?"

That seemed to make him angry, and I regretted that. Well I thought that made him angry. "Oh, being the tough one, hmm? Wonder what happens when I rip you apart, piece by piece."

He stepped closer to me, his footsteps being the only noise throughout the castle. I shivered as he faced me.

Xemnas unlocked the cuffs, and I was surprised. JOY TO THE WORLD!

I rubbed my sore wrists, and waited for him to say like: "If you try to escape, there are lasers!" or "If you move, I'll cut off your freaking head off!"

He dragged me, as I was distracted, into an empty dark room, that looked like a basement where you'd hide if the zombie apocalypse was coming.

I writhed, and squirmed, but he held on tighter. He had stripped me of my weapons and items, making it almost impossible to escape. That's right, I said almost.

Xemnas bound my wrists together, and made me lay on a slab of rock.

I swear, he better not molest me right here, or I'm gonna-

I felt fire flow through my veins and I arched my pack. A burning sensation and my back; Xemnas held a large rope in his hands; clearly manifested from the darkness, which made it hurt more.

He brought it down and I yelled out in agony, and heard him growl, "Cloud, I need the information."

"N-never, I gasped.

I saw him bring the whip down again, and I clenched my eyes shut.

~Sora~

I heard Roxas screaming from inside my head. Ugh. I slept on the ground. I rubbed my sleepy eyes, and examined myself. Same old, same old. Dark majestic skin between a navy blue and pitch black.

It kind of blended in with the night sky, the moonlight exposing my skin. I shivered slightly and pushed myself up.

I had this weird feeling I was being followed...

End! TADA! Now to do my science homework...